Spa night.

Tonight I had spa night with my friend Holly. We had been talking about hanging out forever, but never did anything about it. But tonight we FINALLY got to hang out and it was a lot of fun. We were both a little bummed that our friend Heather couldn't be there, but we plan on making spa night a regular thing and having girls nights together. We gave ourselves pedicures and facials. Then she cut my hair! You can sort of see it in the photo above, but it's not a great picture.

It's so crazy how so many of the people I hang out with are older than I am. I'll be 19 in April, but Holly is 25, she's married and she has a daughter. Heather is 22, married and has a daughter and a son. I just recently left my youth group and I really feel like i'm entering a new chapter in my life. I'm really excited for the changes and challenges God brings me this next year.

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Jason Gray will be at my church on Sunday. I received this beautiful poster tonight at church. I've been looking forward to this concert for a really really long time. It's crazy how God has brought together everything in just a week and a half. He really wanted us to just trust Him and what He is capable of. His timing is the best timing. I trust that He will work the small details of the concert out and really be present in the room on Sunday night. Come out if you can. I would love to see you! Also...I got bribed into introducing Jason before he goes on stage. Public speaking is no where near a strong point of mine. Can you say"nervous"? If I pass out, please catch me!

My favorite!

This cereal brings back great memories from when I was a little girl. I remember sitting at the dining room table and picking out the best clusters and eating them. Then everyone in my family would wonder why there were no clusters left. I ate them all. I haven't eaten this cereal in a really long time, so I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Proverbs bible study.

At the beginning of January there was a bible study starting on www.jaimejam.com that I wanted to join in on, but couldn't because I had accidentally left in my bible in a friends car. That specific friend lives over an hour away. So..I couldn't join in until I either got my bible back, or bought a new one. I resorted to buying a new one. I'm happy that I made that decision, because I really like my new one a lot. It's a Women of Faith study bible. As you can see, i've already started making my own little notes and highlighting things. This is going to be a bible that I can have for a really really long time.

All the same.

On Sunday my step-siblings, step-dad and I all played Skip-bo. We bought it, so now we can play whenever we want to. This is what it looked like for a very long time throughout the game.

My brother is a cow.

My brother, Kenneth, works are Chik-fil-a and he was in the cow suit on Saturday in the movie theater. So we went to visit him. It was hilariously embarrassing. He came up to me and gave me this huge hug and the lady that was standing next to him said "Wow! That cow really likes you a lot!" and I had to tell her in the midst of my embarrassment 'This is my brother.." and she said "Ohh..yeah. Riiiight!" Like she didn't believe me or something. Alright, lady...

Ferocious beast.

Wow! Does Spookie look scary or what?? She was in the middle of a yawn. I love this baby girl.

Cat scratch fever.

Spookie scratched me, because I was petting her belly. :-(

Morning tea time.

It's not very often I wake up with a cup of tea, but yesterday I thought it would have gone well with my oatmeal. So I enjoyed every second of it.

White Chocolate Moments.

My friend Nikole, who I have mentioned many times before in this blog, let me borrow this book. It didn't take me long to get into it at all. It was a really phenomenal book. A beautiful story about love and reconciliation. I definitely recommend it!

Lap cat.

She's a lap cat instead of a lap dog.

I hate talking on the phone.

On Sunday I was on and off the phone all afternoon with the youth leaders at my church. We were talking back and forth about the upcoming Jason Gray concert at my church. Satan threw us a huge curve ball, which doesn't surprise me at all because it's been happening since May. But in the end everything ended up being pulled together and it's happening. I'm so excited!

More reuniting.

Nikole, Mark and I were in marching band together. Nikole and I were both in colorguard, but Mark was always our buddy. I hadn't hung out with him for about 6 months, so it was really nice to reminisce about our high school and marching band days. We spent the evening laughing until we cried. We even snuck in a game of skip-bo! :-)

An unusual snack.

I popped a bag of popcorn and added chocolate chips to it. It was a nice mix of sweet and salty, but I eventually couldn't take any more of it. I don't think i'll do that again...

What's inside my mug?

My mom surprised me with a mug of hot cocoa tonight and I loved every moment every minute of it. Cheers!

Close call!

There has been a "Watch For Children" sign across the street from me for forever and I thought these men were coming to take it down. But they didn't. Close call. Actually...that was just how exciting my day was yesterday...

The dermatologist.

I went to the dermatologist on Tuesday and I went to the dentist on Monday. I like the dermatologist much better than the dentist. So much less painful. Thank you very much!

Workout much?

I worked out for 40 minutes and felt like I could have fallen over. This was right after i ran in place for 12 minutes. Intense!

My own personal Sarah.

That sounds a little creepy. It's not meant to be. This was basically the only picture I took on Sunday. I love Sarah. That is all.

Skip-bo.

Nikole and her Grandma taught me how to play this game and once I got the hang of it, I owned everyone that was playing with me. I loved it! I want to see if I can find it somewhere so my step-siblings and I can play whenever we want.

Hanging out!

Nikole and I hung out together on Friday and then I spent the night at her house that night. Our hang outs always consist of really long talks where we talk about anything and everything. It's what we do and it's always so much fun!

Keeping the tradition going.

For the past few years, every New Years day my mom and I always sit down sometime during the day and play a game of backgammon and eat delicious snacks together. It's sort of become a tradition and it's a lot of fun. My family really isn't a games type of family, which makes me kind of sad. Because there's no other way to have fun except by playing great games together. It's even better with my mom!

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year friends! I hope your year is even better than last year. I have a feeling mine will be! :-)

Moving on up!

I helped my old youth leaders move into their new house. I helped them when they moved into their previous house, and now they've bought a house of their own and I helped move them into that one. It will look great when it's all done! :-)